Don’s major craft bait caster is a 6’8” m extra fast and Daiwa’s is a 7’0” m-mh extra fast are they about the same as far as action goes or is the Daiwa to heavy? Trying to get as close as possible

The Daiwa Tatula Elite 7' M-MH/XF rod is a fairly unique rod and will have a bit more power than the medium Major Craft Don Iovino medium. It really is a M-MH rod. I don't own the Major Craft but I recall @WRB saying it was a true medium and I was going to buy one but TW was sold out at the time so I ended up with the Mojo Bass Topwater rod instead.

 

I bought the M-MH Tatula Elite used which is new to me this year for primarily finesse jigs and soft plastics, from weightless to nearly the weight I would use on a Daiwa MH/F rod (which are on the heavier side). My youngest son uses a Mojo Bass 7'1" M/F plastics rod which is slightly more powerful than the Topwater rod that I have and it's great for the same weightless or lightly soft plastics weighted plastics and while heavier weights would overload the rod quickly, it could also be used for jerkbaits, squarebills or poppers but the Tatula Elite is a little too stiff. The Tatula Elite will also be able to handle a little more cover as it has a little more power to it.

 

The Tatula Elite is a pretty sweet all-purpose soft plastic/finesse jig rod, but so is a M/F rod. It's really what else you want to throw that would be the deciding factor.

I’m mainly wanting to throw light weight sinkers with worms or maybe a small finesse jig

26 minutes ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

I’m mainly wanting to throw light weight sinkers with worms or maybe a small finesse jig

That's what I got the Tatula Elite M-MH for. If that's all you are looking to do, I would definitely suggest that rod although either would work. Not only is it pretty sensitive and well balanced, but it actually has the most amount of power possible for a rod that can throw a weightless soft plastic well, if that makes sense. The only time I add a weight in shallow water is to combat strong winds when casting really, but at the same time this rod laughs at pulling up a few weeds too.

 

I use 12lb Daiwa J-Fluoro most of the time personally. It seems to be a good pairing with this rod.

17 minutes ago, Boomstick said:

That's what I got the Tatula Elite M-MH for. If that's all you are looking to do, I would definitely suggest that rod although either would work. Not only is it pretty sensitive and well balanced, but it actually has the most amount of power possible for a rod that can throw a weightless soft plastic well, if that makes sense. The only time I add a weight in shallow water is to combat strong winds when casting really, but at the same time this rod laughs at pulling up a few weeds too.

 

I use 12lb Daiwa J-Fluoro most of the time personally. It seems to be a good pairing with this rod.

Thank you this has been quite helpful what techniques would make you swing towards the major craft

19 minutes ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

Thank you this has been quite helpful what techniques would make you swing towards the major craft

The Major Craft is actually going to be fairly versatile. You can throw smaller spinnerbaits (3/8oz and under), jerkbaits, square bills, poppers, buzzbaits, spooks, anc small pre-rigged swimbaits pretty nicely. Where the Tatula Elite will be better for most single hook applications as long as you don't exceed the weight limit. It seems like it will handle it's full weight limit fine and from what I'm told it does (I haven't tried it yet) but not one to overload.

unless you're venturing into the major craft over seas. the AGS is a better product. the stateside major craft is decent but it isn't any better than what it's priced at. 

If you're going to go Majorcraft the go Majorcraft.  Not sure what they were thinking with the US models.  "We'll make our rods worse they'll love that"